Beschreibung:

Gr.-8°. Mit 24 Tafeln und 10 Karten. 1 Bl., 379 SS.; 154 SS. Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rsch. (lädiert, stark beschabt und bestoßen, angestaubt, fleckig, Deckel gestempelt).

Bemerkung:

"54th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Document No. 137".- Contents: "Report of Assistant Secretary Hamlin: Fur seal. Salmon fisheries. Liquor. Land Laws. J. B. Crowley's Report, 1894: Improvements on islands. Schools. Foxes. J. B. Crowley's Report, 1895: Natives. Coal. Bluefoxes. Killing of seals. Dead pups. Seals killed on St. Paul, 1895. Joseph Murray's Report on Seals, 1894: Climate. Driving and killing. Pelagic sealing and diplomacy. Destruction of female seals. Criuse of the Louis Olsen in Bering Sea" etc. With maps: "Northeast Point Rookery St. Paul Island, Bering Sea. Showing area occupied by Fur Seals in 1895, as determined by C. H. Townsend"; "Polavina Rookery St. Paul Island ... By C. H. Townsend"; "Ketavie & Lukannon Rookery ... By C. H. Townsend"; " Tolstoi and Lagoon Rookeries ... By C. H. Townsend"; "Map of Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. Showing the location at different seasons of a part of the catch of fur seals from 1883 to 1893. Based on the log entries of five vessels engaged in pelagic sealing. Prepared by C. H. Townsend" etc.